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Al-Fil 5

Ayah 5 of 5 · Meccan

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ ٥

And He made them like eaten straw.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., husks which have been chewed by cattle. This event took place in the year of the Prophet's birth.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَجَعَلَهُمۡThen He made themfajaʿalahum
  2. كَعَصۡفٖlike strawkaʿaṣfin
  3. مَّأۡكُولِۭeaten upmakūlin

Tafsir

So Allah made them like the leaves of crops that have been eaten and trampled upon by livestock.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran